September 24, 1969

by Register-Guard Staff Gerald R. Patterson, professor of psychology and education at the University of Oregon has been awarded a $25,467 Research Scientist Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The award is renewable for three more years at approximately the same level. Patterson is doing research on family interaction and […]

July 23, 1969

by Register-Guard Staff The Oregon Research Institute, Inc., was established in Eugene in 1960 by director Paul Hoffman. At the time, the operation had a couple of secretaries and a couple of assistants, besides Hoffman himself. But today, that same operation has been expanded to 62 employees, including 10 with doctorate degrees, cramped into five […]

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